Ryan Holmes

Master of Science Student
Advisor: Dr. Christy Sprague

A478 Plant and Soil Sciences Building
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
Phone: (517) 355-0271 ext. 230
Fax: (517) 353-5174
E-mail: holmes89@msu.edu

Joined Department: August 2009

Education

B.S. in Horticulture, Clemson University, 2009

Research Interests

My interests include herbicide resistance, the impact of harvest methods on weed management in the rotation, row spacing and density impacts on weed competition, and residual and environmental effects of herbicide application.

Presentations

Holmes, R. C., C. L. Sprague, and G. E. Powell. 2012. Row width and plant population affect plant architecture in upright dry edible bean. Weed Science Society of America annual meeting. Waikoloa, HI.

Holmes, R. C. and C. L. Sprague. Row width and population effects on weed and crop development in black and small red beans. North Central Weed Science Society annual meeting. Milwaukee, WI.

Holmes, R. C. and C. L. Sprague. 2011. Row spacing and population effects in two dry bean classes. Weed Science Society of America annual meeting. Portland, OR.

Holmes, R. C. and C. L. Sprague. 2010. Weed control in wide and narrow row dry beans. North Central Weed Science Society annual meeting. Lexington, KY.